Mourinho said he would be hounded out of Spain if Real failed to make it to the knockout stages of Europe's top club competition two seasons running.

City's 1-1 draw may not even be enough to salvage a Europa League place but Mancini's job is safe despite the obvious disappointment of City's Abu Dhabi owners.

Mourinho said: "I admire the fact that clubs support managers. It's good that it was City [who went out] because Roberto can work without any kind of problems. I believe if it was Real I think the press wouldn't let me return to Madrid."

Striker Karim Benzema's early goal was cancelled out by Sergio Aguero's 74th-minute penalty and Real finished the game with 10 men after Alvaro Arbeloa was sent off for bringing down Aguero for the spot-kick.

I don't fear for my job

Roberto Mancini

Mancini said: "I don't fear for my job. I think the season is long and we still have the Premier League and FA Cup to aim for. If we think we can win the Champions League after only two years, we are crazy.

"We are a good team but we need to improve. We made too many mistakes.

"This campaign was worse than last season because we have only three points."

Goalkeeper Joe Hart admitted he was shocked by City's sloppy defending throughout the group.

He said: "It's incredibly frustrating because we are a very good team. We have surprised ourselves in a very bad way in this campaign.

"Unfortunately we weren't able to do the business when it mattered and that's Champions League football. We are very disappointed